Did KP do a JT? Chelsea fan Pietersen risks comparisons to Blues skipper Terry by turning up at Lord's just before England seal victory

Kevin Pietersen risked being compared to John Terry by turning up late to watch his colleagues face New Zealand on Sunday at Lord's - when they were on the verge of victory.

The Chelsea captain has been mocked for turning up in his kit to celebrate his club's European triumphs despite not being involved in the finals.

Pietersen showed up in the afternoon and was pictured on this balcony with coach Andy Flower, fitness coach Huw Bevan and batting coach Graham Gooch.

Balcony boys: Kevin Pietersen (third left) watches on after turning up late

'Nearly at Lords.. The drive to watch
certainly isn't the same as to play! But, hasn't the last hour been
great? #ENGvNZ', he tweeted while he was on his way.

But maybe he won't be upset by the comparison - after all he is a Chelsea supporter.

The controversial batsman has been
antagonising the ECB recently; he did not turn up to the England Player
of the Year function at Lord's on Monday despite being in London.

Bronzed: Pietersen posted a picture of himself abroad while his England teammates face New Zealand

Pietersen’s award of a central
contract in January after his success in India suggested all was
reconciled following the dressing-room rifts last summer which saw KP
dropped for sending ‘provocative’ texts to the South Africans about
England captain Andrew Strauss.

It continues to frustrate the England
management that KP is the one contracted player not to drive a Jaguar
while on international duty, which is part of the sponsorship agreement.
Pietersen first preferred a Range Rover Sport and now favours a
Mercedes.

The attention-seeking with his tweets
while a Test is going on without him — either swimming in Dubai or
bronzed from the sun and stripped to his boxer shorts in his hotel room —
don’t help his reintegration cause, either.